Brian Field has been convicted six times of sexual offences against teenage boys … And his fifth conviction in 1986 was a double kidnapping at Oswestry. ibid.
If the boys knew Field prior to Boxing Day night when they disappeared, that’s why nobody’s hears anybody shout or scream. ibid.
We could be uncovering one of the worst serial killers of children this country has ever known. ibid.
Fulham, West London: Suzy Lamplugh was only 25 when she went missing. She is described as bright and bubbly, funny, ambitious, popular, and hugely adept at her job … And here suddenly she goes missing off the streets of Fulham, and nobody can work out what on earth has happened to her … One of the largest police investigations of its day. In the Footsteps of Killers s1e2: Suzy Lamplugh
All of that brings us back to the prime suspect that the Met Police themselves named, which is John Cannan. He is currently in prison for the abduction and murder of Shirley Banks. ibid.
He was driving a black BMW which of course crops up in several of the witness testimonies. ibid.
Dannette & Jeannette are 15-year-old twins. March 18th 1990: they decide to head to the gas station … When she [cashier] looked back, they were gone. The Disappearance of the Millbrook Twins, Sky Crime 2021
I have rarely seen no investigation, and that’s what we saw in the case of the Millbrook Twins. ibid. Professor Laura Norton, podcaster
‘The children lived in fear. The family was broken up. And they couldn't find their mother.’ The Disappeared, witness, BBC 2013
The explosion of violence from 1969 forced thousands out of their homes in Belfast. ibid.
The practice of disappearing inconvenient bodies in the Irish countryside goes back to the 1920s and the Irish War of Independence. ibid.
Every 90 seconds someone is reported missing. Many return to their families but for others something has gone seriously wrong. A young woman has disappeared on her way home from work. This is no ordinary missing person’s enquiry. What happens in the police investigation that follows, what happens to the family at its heart, when missing turns to murder. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e1: McCourt, Netflix 2020
9th February 1988: 22-year-old insurance clerk Helen McCourt is looking forward to a night out with boyfriend Frank. ibid.
The George & Dragon pub on Main Street where they encountered a man called Ian Simms … An unhealthy interest in her … ‘we became suspicious of him’. ibid. rozzer
His car: Traces of blood and an opal and sapphire earring found in the boot. ibid.
Despite no body being found … Overwhelming forensic evidence. ibid.
A 22-year-old woman [Lorraine Benson] has gone missing after a Christmas party. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e2: Benson
20th December 1988: The uniformed officers had a gut instinct something was wrong. She’d made that phone call to say, I’m at the train station, my friend hasn’t come to meet me, I’ve got a short walk to go, and it was just one road … There are other cases of similar women that had been attacked very close by. ibid. investigating rozzer
Injuries to Lorraine’s body revealed that she fended off her attacker without being raped before being strangled with a ligature. ibid.
The suspect is 19-year-old local man John Dunne. ibid.
A 33-year-old mother of 3 has gone missing from home. Her family is destroyed. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e3: Hemming
2016: Natalie Hemming finally decides to leave her controlling and violent partner Paul. ibid.
Newcastle 1998: A young boy cycles to his local shop to buy some sweets but doesn’t return. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e4: Heailey
11-year-old Wesley, who needs epilepsy medication, has been missing all night. His family are frantic with worry. ibid.
Further investigation reveals extremely disturbing information about 18-year-old Dominic McKilligan. ibid.
A 15-year-old girl [Danielle Jones] has gone missing. It’s immediately a high-risk case. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e5: Jones
Campbell [uncle] became more and more of interest, inquiries were made into his background, and it was ascertained that he’d had a previous conviction about a year earlier for abducting a 14-year-old girl where he’d received a suspended prison sentence. ibid.
A woman visits a solicitor about divorcing her husband. The next day she disappears. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e6: Packman
Russell [Causley] was a controlling unpleasant character … Her parents detested him. ibid. rozzer
Without Carol’s body and any associated forensics the outcome of this trial is far from a foregone conclusion. ibid.
The case rests largely on testimony from prisoners who Causley allegedly confessed to. ibid.
A 17-year-old girl has disappeared. It’s a case defined by a wall of silence. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e7: Ahmed
She was reporting from a very young age – I am being abused by my mother and father. ibid. woman
2003: 16-year-old Shafilea Ahmed has been struggling to conform to her parents’ expectations. It seems they are determined to bring her into line by going to extreme measures. ibid.
Shafilea was desperately unhappy in Pakistan. She wanted to escape. ibid.
She had been murdered … A body is not dumped over a wall in the Lake District … They arrested the parents. ibid.
A 17-year-old girl [Jayden Parkinson] has gone missing. She is pregnant and her mum’s desperate to find her. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e8: Parkinson
One of these friends is Jake Blakeley. Jake has an older brother, Ben. ibid.
He had a history of coercive and controlling behaviour … He was very violent. ibid.
An ex-pat British man living in a remote part of southern France calls his step-daughter in Lancashire. But a fresh start in a new country becomes a twelve-year mystery. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e9: Lund
‘He did seem to be money-oriented … Everything’s for show, but it’s all my mum’s money.’ ibid. daughter
Robert’s manipulative behaviour takes a more sinister turn. ibid.
A 21-year-old student has gone missing … Janet Muller’s erratic behaviour seems to suggest she is having mental health issues. When Missing Turns to Murder s1e10: Muller
Janet Muller has escaped from a mental health hospital. She was reported missing three hours ago. ibid.
‘He [Jeffrey-Shaw] had possession of that vehicle up until the 13th when that car was set on fire.’ ibid. rozzer
Um, I’m actually camping in Leadore. Just outside of Leadore. Um, my two year old son, um, we can’t find him. About an hour. Missing 411: Mysterious Disappearances, 911 call
Deorr Kunz jr: disappeared July 10th 2015 Salmon-Challis National Forest age 2; Jaryd Atadero, disappeared October 2nd 1999 Cammanche Park Wilderness; Keith Parkins, disappeared April 10th 1952 Ritter Oregon age 2. ibid. captions
Hundreds of people vanish from our national parks and forests; some right under the noses of parents or family members under very unusual and very similar circumstances. ibid. radio news
A young elegant unidentified woman is found dead in a hotel room. Unsolved Mysteries s1e2: A Death in Oslo, reporter
We found the woman dead on her bed with the gun in her hand, a wound in her head and the hotel door was double locked on the inside … no evidence of a struggle. ibid. rozzer
They couldn’t find any identity: No credit card, no driver’s license, and no wallet and no car keys, no home door keys … ibid. reporter
She had checked in under a false name: Jennifer Fairgate. ibid.